Would you trust the entirety of human existence to be decided by 34 people? In my experience from watching reality TV, the last one always screws the rest over for their own benefit.

Imagine being the last one. You could singlehandedly wipe out half the global population. This would normally be a bad thing, and it is, but it would also make every surviver twice as rich, solve food scarcity and halve the pollution, perhaps even saving humanity from itself.

If that's not enough, think about everyone now having double the amount of kittens and half the traffic on the roads.

[–] Eylrid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Society and the economy are not a zero sum game. Killing half the population wouldn't make the survivors twice as rich. It would send society into chaos which would make the remaining people's lives far worse.

[–] docAvid@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure reality TV is a good basis, it's very manipulated and set up for drama. I have a lot more faith in humanity in general than I do in reality TV stars. But you still have a good point, it's definitely not a sure thing.